PARIS : French sports minister Amelie Oudea Castera is not too concerned by the investigations into alleged corruption surrounding the Paris 2024 Olympics, she said on Friday.On Tuesday, the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics organising committee and those of its infrastructure partner were searched
PARIS : French sports minister Amelie Oudea Castera is not too concerned by the investigations into alleged corruption surrounding the Paris 2024 Olympics, she said on Friday.
The national financial prosecutor's office said the Paris 2024 headquarters were raided amid a preliminary investigation launched in 2017 into contracts made by the Summer Games' organising committee.
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